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Spolia #6
They almost seem to be crying out in pain, having lost the building they were attached to behind them.
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Spolia #6
They almost seem to be crying out in pain, having lost the building they were attached to behind them.
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River Bottoms, St. Charles County
Some parts of the metropolitan region will never be developed hopefully. I had spotted this swath of river bottom north of the Missouri River from Google Maps in the past, and last weekend we drove out...
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River Bottoms, St. Charles County
Some parts of the metropolitan region will never be developed hopefully. I had spotted this swath of river bottom north of the Missouri River from Google Maps in the past, and last weekend we drove out...
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St. Clair Square, Fairview Heights, Illinois
I’d never been over to St. Clair Square Mall, and I wanted to view this important component of sprawl out of East St. Louis in the 1960’s. The old Famous Barr dome brings back memories of the now lost...
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St. Clair Square, Fairview Heights, Illinois
I’d never been over to St. Clair Square Mall, and I wanted to view this important component of sprawl out of East St. Louis in the 1960’s. The old Famous Barr dome brings back memories of the now lost...
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Lincoln Trail, St. Clair County, Illinois
The so-called Lincoln Trail is no longer a trail, but more akin to your standard strip mall artery. I saw traces of interesting roadside motels and drive-ups, but like so much of America, it’s all...
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Lincoln Trail, St. Clair County, Illinois
The so-called Lincoln Trail is no longer a trail, but more akin to your standard strip mall artery. I saw traces of interesting roadside motels and drive-ups, but like so much of America, it’s all...
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The Lawrence Cribbin House, St. Charles County Heritage Museum
We’re going to be looking at Greek Revival farmhouses out in St. Charles County for the next week along with some other landmarks. Many of the houses are perhaps not “pure” Greek Revival anymore...
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Farmstead, Surrounded by Highways
We spotted this farmhouse, which had received some more decorative millwork but is still essentially a Greek Revival wood frame structure, sitting on a rapidly shrinking plot of land on St. Peters...
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The Captain James Campbell House, Boonslick Road
Update: This is the Captain James Campbell House, and it holds an important place in St. Louis regional history. The famous story of Archer Alexander, an escaped slave whose story was later chronicled...
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Christian Science Reading Room
We couldn’t figure out the history of what is now a Christian Science Reading Room, but it is clearly an old house, judging from its Greek Revival style and the soft brick that makes up its walls....
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Boyd Plantation, Towne Park
Moved and restored after a disastrous fire, the Boyd Plantation house is now the centerpiece of Towne Park near Foristell in northern St. Charles County. It sits in a broad swath of open land east of...
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Zoar German Methodist Church and Cemetery
Down a little road is the Zoar German Methodist Church, a remnant of a time when there were little houses of worship scattered throughout the countryside. The church seems to be closed, but a...
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Pitman Cemetery
Recently volunteers have restored a historic cemetery in St. Charles County that holds the grave of a Revolutionary War veteran. The grave of John Pitman is above; as is typical of Protestant...
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Main Street, Troy, Lincoln County
Troy, the county seat of Lincoln County, which is just north of St. Charles County on U.S. Highway 61, has experienced considerable growth over the last twenty years. The downtown is interesting, and...
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Lincoln County Courthouse and Former Jail
Designed by Gustave Bachmann and constructed in 1870, the Lincoln County Courthouse in Troy is the second building on the site, replacing an earlier structure on the site built in 1830. Contractors...
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EPiC Church, Former Troy Presbyterian Church
I will openly admit to being severely ignorant and unknowledgeable of Troy and Lincoln County history, but we did stumble across this beautiful building, which is now home to the EPiC Church. However,...
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